one of the purposes of the united nations is to see we harness the power for peace. nuclear armed iran is not a challenge that can be contained. president ahmadinejad of iran was in the u.n. building yesterday and in interviews and again strongly criticized isr l israel, including the united states. soledad, back to you. >> thank you very much for the update and preview. we appreciate it. >>> ahead of the president's speech the romney campaign is amping up their attacks on the president's foreign policy 37 ryan drawing a parallel to the iran hossage crisis in 1979. >> he made the case the power of his personality and purchase situation powers would calm things in the muslim world. would make people respect us and like us that much more. i mean, they are on tv and -- reminds you of 1979 tehran but they are burning our flags and capitals all around the world. they are storming our embassies. we lost four of our diplomats. >> wolf blitzer who covered 1979 tehran would say not quite so much. at least certainly not at this stage yet. he spent a lot of time there and he sa